Stove-lid and pan lifter



(No Model.) I

W. H. H. SMITH.

STOVE LID AND PANLIFTBR; N0. 278,369. Patented May 29,1883

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicn.

WILLIAM H. SMITH, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOVEr-TL ID AND PAN LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 278,369, dated May 29, 1883. Application filed February 2, 1883. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H.'H. SMITH, of Somerville, intheconnty of Middl'esex, State of Massachusetts, have invented-a certain new and useful Improvement in Stove Lid and PanLifters, of which the following is a description sufiiciently full, clear, and exactto enable any person skilled inthe artor science to which said inventionappertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to .the accompanying drawings, forminga partof this specifica tion, in whichr Figure 1 is an isometrical perspective view representing the implement as used for lifting a pan; Fig.2, a like view, showingits handles opened; and Fig. 3 a. vertical longitudinal section of the lift, showing its handles closed.

Like lettersof reference indicate correspondiug parts in the different figures of the draw- .zotings.

My invention relates to implements for liftingor manipulating stove-lids and pans; and it consists in a noveleonstruction and arrangemerit of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more effective device of this character is produced than isnow in ordinary use. V

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all comersant with such matters from the following explanation, its extreme simplicityrenderin g an elaborate de cription unnecessary.

In the drawings,A B represent the handles, which are jointed or pivoted at 9n, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The handle A is provided with the-curved projection G at its forward end, which forms the griddle-lift proper, and with a downwardly-projecting j'aw,D. Thehandle B ,is provided with ajaw, E, and projection a,

sion, d, in the handle A. The jaws D E do not come into close contact, and are inclined slightly, as best shown in Fig. 3, the space f being designed to receive the side of a pan, and the incline of the jaws corresponding with the angle at which the side of the pan stands with respect to the plane of its bottom. A curved transverse aperture, :0, is formed in the upper jaw, at the top of the space f, for receiving the rim of the pan.

In the use of my improvement for liftin lids the handles A B are closed, as shown in Fig. 3, the spring of the handles permitting the projection a to fall into the depression cl and lock the handles together. For lifting pans the handles are opened, as shown in Fig. 2, or farenough to permit the edge of the pan to pass into the space f and its rim into the aperture as, after which they are closed, as shown in Fig. l.

The handles are curved, as shown at t, to enable them to be more readily separated as 00.- casion requires, and also to render them better fitted for being held in the hand.

Having thus explained my invention, I claim is- 3 A stove-lid and pan lifter consisting of the handle A, provided with the jaw D, projection G, apertiirtTwfandodepression d, and the handle B, pivoted at m to .the handle A, andprovided with the jaw E andprojection a, constructed, combined, and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

WM. H. E. SMITH.

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Witnesses:

(J. A. SHAW, L'ABAN HEATH.

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